Association Between BNT162b2 Vaccination and Long COVID After Infections Not Requiring Hospitalization in Health Care Workers

Elena Azzolini; Riccardo Levi; Riccardo Sarti; Chiara Pozzi; Maximiliano Mollura; Alberto Mantovani; Maria Rescigno

doi:10.1001/jama.2022.11691

Association Between BNT162b2 Vaccination and Long COVID After Infections Not Requiring Hospitalization in Health Care Workers

JAMA. 2022 Aug 16;328(7):676-678. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.11691.

Authors

Elena Azzolini¹, Riccardo Levi², Riccardo Sarti², Chiara Pozzi¹, Maximiliano Mollura³, Alberto Mantovani¹, Maria Rescigno¹

Affiliations

¹ IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy.
² Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy.
³ Politecnico di Milano, Department of Electronic, Information and Bioengineering, Milan, Italy.

Abstract

This study examines the risk of long COVID following mRNA vaccination, compared with no vaccination, in health care workers in Italy who had COVID-19 infection.

MeSH terms

BNT162 Vaccine*
COVID-19* / complications
COVID-19* / prevention & control
Health Personnel*
Hospitalization
Humans
Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome
Vaccination

Substances

BNT162 Vaccine